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Question 1205771: a book shelf contain x book. When 4/5 of the book are removed,
i have 25 book left. how many book were on the shelf
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, Edwin McCravy:
Answer by ikleyn(52903)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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a book shelf contain x book. When 4/5 of the book are removed,
i have 25 book left. how many book were on the shelf
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From the problem, the remaining 25 books is 1/5 of x.


Hence, x is 5 times 25, or 125.


ANSWER.  x= 125.

Solved.



Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
  book shelf   x  . When 4/5 of the
  are removed,   have 25   left.   many
  were on the  





Multiply through by 5 to clear the fraction:



 books.

Edwin
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